The Annual Biography and Obituary for the Year ..., Τόμος 8Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1824 |
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... whole , as governor of Fort Malgue . But the English in their turn were fated to be exposed to the sudden changes incident to a state of warfare . A few days . after their arrival , General Carteaux , at the head of a detach- ment of ...
... whole , as governor of Fort Malgue . But the English in their turn were fated to be exposed to the sudden changes incident to a state of warfare . A few days . after their arrival , General Carteaux , at the head of a detach- ment of ...
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... whole of the combined troops , to the number of 8000 , together with seve- ral thousand of the French royalists , were safe on board , without the loss of a single man . This service was effected under the superintendance of Captains ...
... whole of the combined troops , to the number of 8000 , together with seve- ral thousand of the French royalists , were safe on board , without the loss of a single man . This service was effected under the superintendance of Captains ...
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... whole force from Cape - Town , with eight field - pieces ; but were every where repulsed . Upon this occasion the seamen and marines particularly distinguished themselves , and ma- nœuvred with a regularity that would not have ...
... whole force from Cape - Town , with eight field - pieces ; but were every where repulsed . Upon this occasion the seamen and marines particularly distinguished themselves , and ma- nœuvred with a regularity that would not have ...
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... whole of the Dutch ships were taken pos- session of by the British . After the completion of these highly important and valuable şervices , Sir George sailed for Europe , and arrived at Spit- head , Jan. 3. 1797. On the 7th March ...
... whole of the Dutch ships were taken pos- session of by the British . After the completion of these highly important and valuable şervices , Sir George sailed for Europe , and arrived at Spit- head , Jan. 3. 1797. On the 7th March ...
Σελίδα 13
... whole force , and proceeded in quest of the combined fleet ; but on his arrival off Cadiz , he learned from one of his cruizers , that they had sailed for Brest on the 21st of July , and , on his repairing thither , found that they had ...
... whole force , and proceeded in quest of the combined fleet ; but on his arrival off Cadiz , he learned from one of his cruizers , that they had sailed for Brest on the 21st of July , and , on his repairing thither , found that they had ...
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Σελίδα 36 - Hear, Nature, hear ! dear goddess, hear ! Suspend thy purpose, if thou didst intend To make this creature fruitful ! Into her womb convey sterility ! Dry up in her the organs of increase, And from her derogate...
Σελίδα 45 - His transport's most impetuous tone, And to each passion of his breast The graces gave their zone. High were the task — too high, Ye conscious bosoms here ! In words to paint your memory Of Kemble and of Lear; But who forgets that white discrowned head, Those bursts of reason's half-extinguish'd glare — Those tears upon Cordelia's bosom shed, In doubt more touching than despair, If 'twas reality he felt?
Σελίδα 55 - Let me die the death of the righteous, and let my latter end be like his.
Σελίδα 420 - LL.D., Downing Professor of the Laws of England in the University of Cambridge.
Σελίδα 198 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Σελίδα 35 - I have liv'd long enough : my way of life Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow leaf: And that which should accompany .old age, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have ; but, in their stead, Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, Which the poor heart would fain deny, but dare not.
Σελίδα 45 - For ill can Poetry express Full many a tone of thought sublime, And Painting, mute and motionless, Steals but a glance of time. But by the mighty actor brought, Illusion's perfect triumphs come, — Verse ceases to be airy thought, And Sculpture to be dumb.
Σελίδα 93 - His figure was striking, but not so from grace ; it was tall, and, though extremely thin, his limbs were large and uncouth, and as he stalked along, wrapt in the black garments of his order, there was something terrible in its air ; something almost superhuman.
Σελίδα 471 - Kent. Vex not his ghost. O, let him pass! He hates him That would upon the rack of this tough world Stretch him out longer.
Σελίδα 117 - Our tender plants, how blows the citron grove, What drops the myrrh, and what the balmy reed, How nature paints her colours, how the bee Sits on the bloom extracting liquid sweet.